A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group...

transition itself can only be illustrated and corroborated by transitional fossils, which will never demonstrate an exact half-way point. The fossil record...

fossils (also known as guide fossils or indicator fossils) are fossils used to define and identify geologic periods (or faunal stages). Index fossils...

is a recently-discovered transitional fossil. It is often used in popular science and in the media for any new transitional form. The term originated...

A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the buried remains of prehistoric organisms...

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(A ↔ G) or a pyrimidine nucleotide to another pyrimidine (C ↔ T) Transitional fossil, any fossilized remains of a lifeform that exhibits the characteristics...

Romance languages, the sense of the word was extended to Baltic amber (fossil resin) from as early as the late 13th century. At first called white or...

Fossil collecting (sometimes, in a non-scientific sense, fossil hunting) is the collection of the fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit. Fossil...

inorganic objects, markings, or impressions that might be mistaken for fossils. Pseudofossils may be misleading, as some types of mineral deposits can...

systematic fossil collection, as demonstrated by a series of important discoveries in China near the end of the 20th century. Many transitional fossils have...

dictionary. A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil ( /ˈɪknoʊfɒsɪl/; from Greek: ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological...

that humans must be distantly related to all other species. Without transitional fossils, scientists presumed that humans' closest relatives were the great...

discovery an abundance of transitional fossils has both supported the conclusion and given a detailed history of the transition. The evolution of the stapes...

graphic designer Michael Hofler, reference the Archaeopteryx, the transitional fossil of early dinosaurs to modern dinosaurs (birds). Arc'teryx is known...

on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them. The primary objective of biostratigraphy...

παλαιός, palaios. Paleobotany includes the study of terrestrial plant fossils, as well as the study of prehistoric marine photoautotrophs, such as photosynthetic...

This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single...

a fossil of the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx showing evidence of feathers in the Liaoning province of China. 2004 — Tiktaalik, a transitional form...

well-suited for both land and water. Although transitional fossils elucidate the evolutionary transition of one life-form to another, they only exemplify...

fins and other mixed characteristics mark Tiktaalik as a crucial transition fossil, a link in evolution from swimming fish to four-legged vertebrates...

of the best understood, largely thanks to a number of significant transitional fossil finds in the late 20th century combined with improved phylogenetic...

display a mosaic of shark and acanthodian features, making it a transitional fossil and further reinforcing this idea. Phylogeny after The oldest remains...

Fossil wood, also known as fossilized tree, is wood that is preserved in the fossil record. Over time the wood will usually be the part of a plant that...

skeleton. These features make Archaeopteryx a clear candidate for a transitional fossil between non-avian dinosaurs and avian dinosaurs (birds). Thus, Archaeopteryx...

from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems...

and amphibians, with a host of transitional fossils, though there are still large blank areas. The earliest known fossil vertebrates were heavily armored...

renewable energy transition, but is being hindered by fossil fuel subsidies. Many countries are shutting down coal-fired power stations, and fossil-fuelled electricity...

(eels and tarpons) appear to be the most basal teleosts. The earliest known fossil actinopterygian is Andreolepis hedei, dating back 420 million years (Late...